468 
interdum duplo superantibus suffulta; involueri pareissime araneosi 
vel saepius glabrati foliola adpressa, a medio erecta, coriacea, 
rigida, superne subcarinata, margine spinulis brevissimis scabra, 
e basi oblonga vel ovato-oblonga ad trientem inferiorrem parum 
angustata, linearia, apicem versus paullatim sed pareissime dilatata, 
abruptiuscule in spinam subrecurvam validam 2—5 mm longam 
flavam duramque exceurrentia, ab infimis ad intima plus duplo 
longiora sensim aucta. Flores rosei involucrum subsuperantes ; 
limbus eorum a tubo valde distinetus eoque paullum brevior. 
©? Julio, Augusto. 
Habitat: Asia minor: Paphlagoniae distrietus Kastemuni: in 
monte Giaur-dagh prope Tossia (Sintenis, It. orient. 1892, 
nr. 4869). — Pontus Galaticus, Amasia: in regione montana montis 
Ak-dagh, 1200—1500 m s. m. (Bornm., Pl. exsice. Anat. or. 
ann. 1889, nr. 1495 et ann. 1890, nr. 1614). 
Hieher zwei Unterarten: 
Ssp. galaticum Freyn, |. c., p. 367, pro parte; Bornm., 
l. e., p. 356, pr. parte! 
Caulis elatus, ut videtur ad 100 cm altus, suleatus, parce 
araneosus, a medio saepe ramosus, remote foliatus. Folia subtus 
parce araneosa vel plerumque viridia, glabresceentia, ambitu ovata 
vel ovato-oblonga, in laeinias triangulari-lanceolatas saepe bifidas 
sinubus dentatas spina subvalida 6—10 mm longa terminatas 
sinuato-pinnatifida. Capitula in apice ramorum solitaria vel 2—3 
congesta bracteis 2—6 submaioribus profunde pinnatifidis suffulta, 
globosa vel ovato-globosa, 2'/,—3'/, em longa; involeuri parce 
araneosi foliola e basi ovato-oblonga lanceolato-linearia, media parte 
vix vel pareissime angustata, superne subcarinata, apice abrupte in 
spinam brevem 1—2 mm longam excurrentia, cetera fere ut in 
typo. ©? Julio, Augusto. 
Habitat: Asia minor: Armenia Tureiea: Gümüsch-khane, in 
pratis silvatieis ad Tempede (Sintenis, It. orient. 1894, nr. 7440). 
Ssp. armatum m. 
Syn: C. Sintenisii Freyn ß. armatum Freyn in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss., II., p. 467 (1895). — „Ü. Boissieri Freyn et Bornm. var.“ 
Bornm. in exsiee. nee — ut el. Freyn |. e. dixit — „O. 820- 
witsii var.“ Bornm. in exsice. (Bornm. in litt.!!). 
Caulis 20—35 em altus, suleatus, subdense araneosus, simplex, 
dense vel subdense foliatus. Folia subtus arachnoideo-tomentosa, 
ambitu ovato-oblonga vel oblonga, in lacinias angustas, margine 
plus minusve revolutas, lineares vel triangulari-lineares, acuminatas, 
spina valida 6—12 mm longa terminatas, saepe bifidas pinnatifida. 
Capitula in apice caulis 1—4, aggregata sessilia vel subsessilia, 
globosa vel ovato-globosa, 3'/,—5 em. diam., braeteis numerosis ab 
exterioribus ad interiores decrescentibus suffulta. Involueri pareis- 
sime araneosi foliola exteriora et media e basi ovato-oblonga ad 
medium angustata, hine inde apicem versus spathulato-dilatata 
